Jul
15
2008
About
Capital Minsk
Largest city Minsk
Official language(s) Belarusian, Russian
Population
9,755,000
Currency rouble
Calling code +375
Traditional Belarusian dress develops caused by the time of Kievan Rus and on top time made up below the influence of cultures of neighbours: Poles, Lithuanians, Latvians, Russians, & other European nations. Aside derived from its predominantly Ruthenian roots, Belarusian culinary art is very near to [...]
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Jul
15
2008
About
Capital Bridgetown
Largest city Bridgetown
Official language(s) English
Population
279,254
Currency Barbados dollar
Calling code +1-246
Barbados is an self-governing island nation set around the western Atlantic Ocean, just to the east of the Caribbean Sea, detected at roughly 13° north of the Equator and 59° west of the Prime Meridian. settled comparatively closely to South America the nation of Barbados is [...]
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Jul
15
2008
About
Capital Dhaka
Largest city Dhaka
Official language(s) Bangla (Bengali)
Population
2005 est. 141,822,000
Currency Taka
Calling code +880
A new state for an old nation, Bangladesh has a culture that encompasses factors both old and new. The Bangla language boasts a rich literary inheritance, which Bangladesh shares with the Indian state of West Bengal. The earlier literary text in Bangla is the [...]
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Jul
15
2008
About
Baker Island is an uninhabited atoll set just north of the equator in using the central Pacific Ocean at 0°13′N 176°31′W, around 3,100 km (1,675 nautical miles) southwest of Honolulu. For instance grouped together as section of the United States Minor Outlying Islands, it is almost one-half of the way from Hawaii to Australia.
Baker Island [...]
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Jul
15
2008
About
Capital Manama
Largest city Manama
Official language(s) Arabic, English
Population
2005 est. 698,585
Currency Bahraini Dinar
Calling code +973
Bahrain has been occupied by humans since ancient days and has even out been advised as the site of the Biblical Garden of Eden. Its strategical location in the Persian Gulf has brought regulation & influence derived from the Assyrians, Babylonians, Greeks, Persians, [...]
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Jul
11
2008
India has been familiar with global leadership in the past and has achieved one of the highest growth rates in the world in recent years, Reliance Industries chairperson Mukesh Ambani said Friday while warning against “deceptive descriptions” like the billionaires’ lists. Speaking at the India Today Conclave here, Ambani said that knowledge and human values [...]
- Tags: 35 years, age, Ambani, billionaires, Business, cent, chairperson, Conclave, finance, financial strengths, Friday, Global, global leadership, growth, human values, india today conclave, indian entrepreneurs, Knowledge, Mukesh, mukesh ambani, Population, Reliance, reliance industries, rest, sify, today, warning, world, world leaders
Jul
10
2008
About
Capital Vienna
Official language(s) German (official)
Slovenian, Croatian, Hungarian, Austrian Sign Language (in constitution)
Population
8,189,000
Currency Euro
Calling code +43
One time the core of power for the big Austro-Hungarian Empire, Austria was brought down to a small democracy fallowing its defeat in World War I. Following annexation by Nazi Germany in 1938 & subsequent occupation by the winning Allies in [...]
- Tags: Adalbert Stifter, Alban Berg, Alfred Adler, amp, annexation, Anton Bruckner, Anton Webern, area, Arnold Schoenberg, Arthur Schnitzler, Austria, Austrian, austrian alps, Austrians, austro hungarian empire, carpathians, Christian Doppler, condition, core, country austria, Croatian, Currency, decade, defeat, democracy, democratic country, eastern alps, empire austria, Ernst Mach, Erwin Schrodinger, European, Ferdinand Porsche, first appearance, Franz Grillparzer, Franz Schubert, Franz Werfel, Friedrich Hayek, Germany, Gregor Mendel, home, Hungarian, I. Following, independence, Johann Strauss, Joseph Schumpeter, Karl Kraus, Konrad Lorenz, Kurt Godel, language, Ludwig van Beethoven, Ludwig von Mises, monetary union, nation, Nazi, nazi germany, neutrality, Northern Limestone, occupation, Official, Otto Wagner, Paul Watzlawick, periphery, Peter Handke, Population, Power, Richard von Mises, Robert Musil, School, Siegfried Marcus, Sign, Southern Limestone, Soviet, Time, unification, Viennese, war, withdrawal, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Wolfgang Pauli, world, year
Jul
10
2008
About
Capital Canberra
Largest city Sydney
Population
20,555,300
Currency Australian dollar
Calling code +61
Aboriginal settlers came on the celibate from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years prior to the first Europeans started geographic expedition in the 17th century. No formal territorial lays claim were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took ownership in the name of Great Britain. Six colonies were [...]
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Jul
10
2008
About
Official languages Dutch and Papiamento
Capital Oranjestad
Population 102,695 (2006)
Currency Aruban florin
Calling Code +297
Found and laid claim for Spain in 1499, Aruba was acquired by the Dutch in 1636. The island’s economy has been ruled by three main industries. A 19th century gold rush was followed by successfulness brought on by the opening in 1924 of an [...]
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Jul
09
2008
About
Capital Yerevan
Largest city Yerevan
Official language(s) Armenian
Population
3,215,800
Currency Dram
Calling code +374
Armenia prides itself on being the 1st nation to officially follow Christianity (early 4th century). In spite of period of time* of autonomy, over the centuries Armenia come under the sway of various empires including the Roman, Byzantine, Arab, Persian, and Ottoman. During World War I inside [...]
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